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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Katsuyuki Ochiai, Atsugi, JP;
Mitsuru Shinagawa, Isehara, JP;
Hiroyoshi Togo, Tokorozawa, JP;
Tadashi Minotani, Atsugi, JP;
Katsuyuki Ochiai, Atsugi, JP;
Mitsuru Shinagawa, Isehara, JP;
Hiroyoshi Togo, Tokorozawa, JP;
Tadashi Minotani, Atsugi, JP;
Abstract
The button apparatus is an apparatus provided for, for example, a vending machine and to be touched and pressed with the body of a user who wants to purchase a commodity from the vending machine. By pressing down the button apparatus, the user can purchase a required commodity from the vending machine. The button apparatus has a conductive pusher, an insulator, a switch, and a transceiver. A user wearing a wearable computer and a user's transceiver touches and presses down the pusher, to separately establish communication between the transceiver and the user's transceiver through the conductive pusher and the body of the user, as well as communication of providing a press signal.
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